Category: Google

Google Play was used twice the number of times Apple’s App Store was used for downloading apps in 2015. This marks a huge achievement for Google as its downloads exceeded those of Apple by 100%. In 2014, the figure was 60%, suggesting that Google Play not only got bigger in 2015 but also grew at a

If 2014 isn’t known as the year of wearables, it could be known as the year of cloud storage. Between updates to Google Drive and Dropbox, and revamped offerings from Apple’s iCloud Drive, Amazon’s Cloud Drive and Microsoft’s OneDrive, access to cloud storage is now easier and cheaper than ever before. Even with the cost

Earlier this month, the folks at Google officially announce the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10, but they failed to reveal when the new firmware will be released for the public. We told you soon after that Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 might get it November 3rd,

News that Finnish company Supercell made $892m from its two mobile games in 2013 was a boost for the European apps industry, but the market is about more than consumer apps. A report published by the European commission suggests that two-thirds of the revenues earned by European app developers in 2013 came from work-for-hire projects for clients

The NSA is able to extract data including location, contacts, and credit card details from a massive database of global SMS messages, reports The Guardian. The US National Security Agency is collecting millions of “untargeted” text message from across the globe on a daily basis, according to a report from The Guardian. An NSA program,

According to a research report by Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkly, Apple’s iPhone 5s was the best selling smartphone at all four major carriers including AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. This being the year of two new iPhones, Apple’s lower-cost iPhone 5c found itself among the top three in sales. Apple’s main competition remains

In a booming global app economy, United States leads iOS App Store revenue growth, while Japan and South Korea drive Google Play revenue growth Key trends across stores, countries and categories Over the past quarter, Google Play has achieved higher growth rates than the iOS App Store for both downloads and revenues. While Google Play

According to Financial Times, Apple is at risk of losing one of its key competitive advantages over the rival Android system as application developers say they are warming to Google’s smartphone platform. The app store on Google smartphones, where users can download new games and software, was a key area where Android smartphones have long

Several sources are now reporting that Google will introduce three new Nexus devices at their October 29th event in New York City. To go with the new devices, it also appears an updated Android 4.2 Jelly Bean will be unveiled. The sources have received information claiming Google provides info on the devices to be introduced via